The Daily Stoic
366 short Stoic passages with modern commentary, one per day
Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca, with a page of commentary for each day of the year. Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman wrote it as a daily reader, and its function in these stacks is a morning ritual rather than philosophy instruction: a fixed, two-minute anchor to start the day.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Chris WilliamsonRecommends
Host · Modern Wisdom
Pitches it as a daily ritual book rather than a straight-through read, and has hosted its author repeatedly.
Source: Modern Wisdom Reading List, Volume 1 - Michael PhelpsRecommends
Olympic swimmer · Most decorated Olympian in history
A gift from his former coach Bob Bowman. It is one of the two books he reads a page of in the morning, a way to take a step back when life is moving too fast.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #494: Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett, transcript - Ryan HolidayRecommends
Writer · The Daily Stoic
Writing it put him in a daily rhythm he did not want to break, so he kept going once the manuscript was done. The Daily Stoic email came out of that.
Source: RyanHoliday.net: 34 Lessons From Writing Every Day for Two Decades - Tim FerrissDiscusses
Author · The Tim Ferriss Show
Its author has been on many times, to discuss applying Stoic practice day to day.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show: episode with Ryan Holiday
Aimed at the same thing
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Collected thinking on wealth, specific knowledge and happiness
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 recommend it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday on the ways self-importance wrecks aspiring, succeeding and failing
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 recommend it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Slow Productivity
Do fewer things, work at a natural pace, obsess over quality
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it, 1 has discussed it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Clear Thinking
Parrish on the ordinary moments where a decision is really made
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Effortless
Make the most essential activities the easiest ones to do
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Endurance
Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic expedition, from the ship breaking up to the rescue
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it
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